The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Dr. Carson Sees Whittle’s 19 Minutes, Raises Him 8

by Smitty I enjoyed Bill Whittle’s speech immensely. Just a great outing in terms of rhetoric and editing. On the other hand, with one camera angle and a live audience that includes #OcccupyResoluteDesk, Benjamin Carson delivers a truly inspirational outing: Of particular interest is the body language from #OcccupyResoluteDesk. He is NOT laughing at the […]

You Don’t See A 19 Minute Speech With The Whittle Sustain Too Often

by Smitty Is Bill Whittle the Toastmaster of new media? The concept, pacing, editing and delivery of this effort make you wonder: why isn’t Whittle getting recruited for the Senate or something, other than a surfeit of integrity? I could easily handle one of these per week from the guy indefinitely. via Instapundit

Karl Rove On Hannity

by Smitty The Daily Caller: On Tuesday’s broadcast of Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” former Bush deputy chief of staff Karl Rove took on detractors of his new political action committee, the Conservative Victory Project. Rove, who founded the American Crossroads PAC that created the Conservative Victory Project, insisted that the upstart spinoff is not simply […]

The Liberal Consensus Factory

Otherwise known as the news media: In the wake of the horrific school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14, the Big Three (ABC, CBS, NBC) networks quickly moved to exploit the tragedy to push for more gun control legislation while mostly ignoring solutions that respect gun owners’ Second Amendment rights.  . . . Stories […]

ObamaCare: Unexpectedly!

Everything Democrats say is a lie. Remember what they promised ObamaCare would do, now that we see what it actually does: President Obama’s health care law will push 7 million people out of their job-based insurance coverage — nearly twice the previous estimate, according to the latest estimates from the Congressional Budget Office released Tuesday. […]

Third Option–Term Limits

by Smitty The Instapundit in USAToday: There are two possible ways to address this problem. One is to elect people that everyone trusts. The problem with that is that there aren’t any politicians that everyone trusts — and, alas, if there were, the odds are good that such trust would turn out to be misplaced. […]

Prepping The Next Conflict

by Smitty Hector Timerman has refused to meet representatives of the Falkland Islands government, which Argentina does not recognise as legitimate. The islanders were expected to tell Mr Timerman that Buenos Aires should respect islanders’ rights and leave them in peace. Fortunately for Argentina, #OccupyResoluteDesk doesn’t care about Malvinas, Melvins or the Maldives. Endives aren’t […]

Daniel Hannan Quotes Our Declaration Of Independence To The Eurocrats

by Smitty Logophile bonus: about halfway through, he uses ‘peregrination‘, which is not what you get from the Governor of Texas when he hears a joke. via Daniel Hannan’s blog

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